quick author's note:
this story was a RP piece between a good friend and I, so after things had
settled down I decided to copy&paste our replies to each other, did some slight
editing so it didn't seem so out of place? and gonna slowly upload put up bits and pieces
to here i guess! it's incomplete 'cause we kind of lost track of time and moved on
to other things but it will be worked on in the near future !
thank you for reading!
The Backstory
Timeline is as followed: FF8 - Dissidia - KH1/Radiant .T - Dissidia 012 - KH2/Radiant G. - Destiny Island AU -
Balamb
Aging Timeline: FF8; 17-23 - Dissidia; 24 - KH; 25 - Dissidia012; 25 - KH2; 26 - Destiny Island; 26 - FF8 balamb: 26
❖ At the age of seventeen, Squall, who spent most of his childhood at an orphanage, eventually climbed the ladder of duty in
becoming a SeeD member. During those adventures with the friends he made along the way, along with the enemies he had to fight
against he had endured through a number of events that occurred during his time at Balamb Garden, including the missions with his
comrades until the very end of Ultimecia's defeat – settling with the "calm before the storm" – which would soon change his life
forever.
Six years later, still spending those years in Balamb Gardens, a war had broken out within the nations. Considering he had been out
of touch with all his friends within the past years, he had forgotten what it was like to be alone, thus his distance spreading. Soon
enough, he had disregarded helping his former SeeD members with the war, he decided on a whim to do things here and there until
it was managed. Even if it was for personal reasons about Rinoa leaving him for Seifer, and Quistis who had continued to be there for
him, he chose not to stay any longer, and took his leave.
… But not on his own terms.
In a word unfamiliar to him, he had realized he had been summoned here along with people he had never met before. People
who may have been taken from their worlds to put here, in a fight against Chaos, under the Goddess of Harmony, Cosmos, to retrieve
the Crystals and aid Cosmos throughout their journey here. With the help of his new allies, making new friends, the heroes set out to
end the war raging in this world; but also torn between helping them, and fulfilling his duty. Once Chaos had been slain, and Squall
had obtained a specialized Crystal to return home… or so he thought.
But the war had only begun.
At the age of twenty-five, still distraught by having left due to his "current residence" of Radiant Garden when unable to save his
home world from a raid of Heartless, changed his name in attempt to amend for the mistakes he made. He found himself in a new
world, in a town called Traverse Town, vowing to restore the world while distancing himself from the past. Having met new people
within the time being of his stay there until the world he once called home were to be a place he could call home once more. Even if
temporarily.
Once again, he had been summoned to the world of Order and Discord, by Cosmos, who would once again ask for the same allies
who fought under her long ago, to fight for her once more against the battle of evil; along with new allies alongside them. But to their
dismay, and the cost of a sacrifice, and a revival, the conflict of the Gods continues on. Even at the cost of their memory. Thus during
with what seemed to be an endless battle, and the Warriors of Cosmos proved victorious, they were able to return back to their
worlds.
Returning back to Traverse Town, and with luck from friends, it was possible for his home world to be restored thanks to a special
case called the "Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee" that he was in charge of soon after. Once a group of members called The
Organization had appeared, but sought out to be defeated by another hero, Leon had found the friendship of Cloud by his side to
team up against a battle of 1000 Heartless along with finally restoring the town back to its original namesake of Radiant Garden,
granting everyone to remember their time spent there, and of the place itself.
Once he had felt settled in, and having the confidence to return to his name of Squall, he knew he had spent enough time here and
was ready to look for another world to venture to. This had brought him to an island called Destiny Islands, in which the community
gathered young kids into an educated path, hiring Squall during his visit there to teach as a professor. He reluctantly took the offer,
enjoying his new life at such a tropical place he had to adjust to. Having met an old friend from back in Balamb, and re-living
memories she had brought up, questioning his departure to the brink of an argument had nearly broken them apart. Dropping any
feelings he had for anyone in the past, he had grown to like this old friend. (QUISTIS, THAT'S YOU.) Though their time together was
cut short due to the world falling apart and crumbling beneath their feet, while he ended up bruised, battered and falling apart; he
risked his life to save the one he cared about, who suffered gravely during the terror, and together they traveled worlds via airship
back to Balamb Gardens; their true home.